Charles Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders says that the specter of the 2008 financial crisis and market crash is still haunting many investors — and that’s a good thing. “I think…
Category: Behavioral Finance
Yacktman Talks Value, Strategy
Mutual fund manager Donald Yacktman has put up an exceptional track record for more than a decade, and in a recent interview with Canada’s Globe and Mail, he talked about…
Hot List: The 2014 Outlook
In his bi-weekly Hot List newsletter, Validea CEO John Reese offers his take on the markets and investment strategy. In the latest issue, John examines three key reasons why he…
Why Doing 'Nothing' Is Good For Your Portfolio
When fears are high, it’s natural to want to jump out of stocks. But while it might seem logical to avoid equities during tough times, The Motley Fool’s Morgan Housel…
Ritholtz on the Folly of Forecasting
When it comes to market and economic forecasts, top strategist Barry Ritholtz has some advice: Ignore them. “The simple truth is that, as a species, you humans are terrible about…
How Much Are You Willing To Lose?
If you’ve been obsessing over the issue of whether stocks are overvalued or not, Jason Zweig says you’re asking the wrong question. In a recent piece for The Wall Street…
The Trouble With Playing It 'Safe'
Fear is an incredibly powerful emotion that often serves humans well when it comes to survival. But in the stock market, acting on fear can be dangerous, something Chuck Jaffe…
Top Managers Talk Value
In a recent interview with Barron’s, top fund managers Daniel O’Keefe and David Samra discuss the value-focused approach they’ve used to beat the market and most of their peers over…
Paying To Have Your Adviser Shoot You In The Foot
In a recent Intelligent Investor column for The Wall Street Journal, Jason Zweig provides some interesting data on how investors — and their advisors — often underperform the funds in…
Bogle: Don't Rebalance -- If You Can Stand It
Rebalancing the assets in your portfolio back to a target weight is an often-cited common sense tenet of investing. But legendary Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle says you might want to…